[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[S. 1417 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1417

 To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 
   1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
    Bureau of Reclamation, to remedy problems caused by a collapsed 
    drainage tunnel in Leadville, Colorado, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 8, 2009

  Mr. Udall of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 
   1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
    Bureau of Reclamation, to remedy problems caused by a collapsed 
    drainage tunnel in Leadville, Colorado, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel 
Remediation Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. TUNNEL MAINTENANCE.

    Section 705 of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-575; 106 Stat. 4656) is amended 
to read as follows:

``SEC. 705. TUNNEL MAINTENANCE.

    ``The Secretary shall take such steps to repair or maintain the 
structural integrity of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel as are 
necessary to prevent Tunnel failure and to preclude uncontrolled 
release of water from any portion of the Tunnel.''.

SEC. 3. WATER QUALITY RESTORATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 708(a) of the Reclamation Projects 
Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-575; 106 Stat. 
4657) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a) The Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Authorization.--The Secretary'';
            (2) by striking ``Neither'' and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Liability.--Neither'';
            (3) by striking ``The Secretary shall have'' and inserting 
        the following:
            ``(3) Facilities covered under other laws.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall have'';
            (4) by inserting after ``Recovery Act.'' the following:
                    ``(B) California gulch superfund site operable unit 
                6 remedy.--The Secretary shall participate in the 
                implementation of the operable unit 6 remedy for the 
                California Gulch Superfund Site, as the remedy is 
                described in the Record of Decision of the 
                Environmental Protection Agency for the operable unit 
                (2003), by--
                            ``(i) treating water behind any blockage or 
                        bulkhead in the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, 
                        including surface water diverted into the 
                        Tunnel workings as part of the remedy; and
                            ``(ii) managing and maintaining the mine 
                        pool behind the blockage or bulkhead at a level 
                        that precludes surface runoff and releases and 
                        minimizes the potential for Tunnel failure due 
                        to excessive water pressure in the Tunnel.''; 
                        and
            (5) by striking ``For the purpose of'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(4) Definition of upper arkansas river basin.--In''.
    (b) Authorization of Approprations.--Section 708(f) of the 
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public 
Law 102-575; 106 Stat. 4657) is amended by striking ``sections 707 and 
708'' and inserting ``this section and sections 705 and 707''.
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